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Articles by Ralph Barker

• Could You Be Arrested Before You Commit a Crime

  Thursday, June 13, 2013

  Could You Be Arrested Before You Commit A Crime? (Or before you even think about it?) Steven Spielberg’s great film Minority Report was released in 2002, almost twelve years ago. The film painted a future replete … Continue reading →

  

• Was Susan Rice Promotion A Payoff?

  Friday, June 7, 2013

  Now, it appears, that the Susan Rice who misled the world about Benghazi will be promoted to National Security Advisor. This is the person who stormed the Sunday talk shows to insist that Benghazi was not … Continue reading →

  

• IRS Coming For Fat People And Smokers

  Friday, May 31, 2013

  (Don’t think your health sin isn’t next) I bet I got your attention. If you don’t smoke, you are probably overweight because a high percentage of Americans are. If you are overweight and smoke, your wallet … Continue reading →

  

• Obama Still Unscathed By Scandals

  Saturday, May 25, 2013

  In recent weeks, high-level political scandals have dominated the local and national news. The details of one scandal or another cover the front pages of newspapers everywhere. Cable news networks, radio and television talk shows fill … Continue reading →

  

• Recent Events Set Up Nightmare Scenario

  Sunday, May 19, 2013

  “Power-lust is a weed that grows only in the vacant lots of an abandoned mind. ” Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged We should worry. There are two dangerous growing political power classes in America. They both have … Continue reading →

  

• Conmen Are After Your Mommy’s Money

  Sunday, May 12, 2013

  (Mommy’s money = Your Inheritance) Don’t think for a second your mother, or grandmother, is not at risk. She is. Recently, there has been a lot of attention focused on various groups of con artists who … Continue reading →

  

• We Rob God, The Government Robs Us

  Monday, May 6, 2013

  (Discover our unused weapon for victory) Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you say, ‘How have we robbed You?’ In tithes and offerings. You are cursed with a curse, for you … Continue reading →

  

• Texas Considers “Secret” DNR Orders

  Tuesday, April 30, 2013

  I suppose, if helping a patient die is killing, I suppose I’m a killer-Dr. Jack Kevorkian (Dr. Death) DNR, Do Not Resuscitate. Will Texas establish a new death trend in our hospitals? Legislators in the Lone … Continue reading →

  

• There Is Nowhere To Run. You Have No Secrets!

  Saturday, April 27, 2013

  Big Brother in the form of an increasingly powerful government and in an increasingly powerful private sector will pile the records high with reasons why privacy should give way to national security, to law and order, … Continue reading →

  

• Support Your Local Sheriff

  Tuesday, April 16, 2013

  “I am the Constitutionally and legitimately elected sheriff, and I absolutely refuse to surrender my responsibility to the federal government-Joe Arpaio.”- Sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona Your local sheriff is not just another law enforcement officer. … Continue reading →

  

• The Other Two Americas (Civil Unrest, Now More Likely)

  Sunday, April 7, 2013

  When former U.S. Senator John Edwards ran for President, he presented the concept of the “two Americas.” One America in his view was wealthy, and the other one was poor. He reported that the gulf between … Continue reading →

  

• Obamacare Just Might Save Republicans

  Wednesday, April 3, 2013

  (It may kill you, but save them and the nation) Wherever politics intrudes upon economic life, political success is readily attained by saying what people like to hear rather than what is demonstrably true. Instead of … Continue reading →

  

• The Uninformed Voter-Ignorance Runs Deep and Wide

  Tuesday, March 26, 2013

  (They can destroy your future) Against logic there is no armor like ignorance -Laurence J. Peter Don’t believe for a second that the ignorance of others doesn’t threaten your well being. Your future is in their … Continue reading →

  

• Little Brother” Is Watching You

  Sunday, March 17, 2013

  “You already have zero privacy. Get over it!” Scott McNealy, CEO Sun Microsystems We talk about Big Brother all the time, but what’s Little Brother up to? Well, he watches you and me almost anytime we … Continue reading →

  

• Chavez Dead. American Flags Fly at Half Mast. What? (And liberals mourn the loss of a dictator)

  Friday, March 8, 2013

  Hugo Chavez is dead. He died Tuesday afternoon at age 58. In Texas and Louisiana, two Citco refineries flew flags, including the American flag at half-mast in respect for the deceased dictator. There are reports of … Continue reading →

  

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